#A48E56#A48E56

#A48E56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.079 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48E56
RGB	rgb(164, 142, 86)
HSL	hsl(43, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 48%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 47.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.81, 0.55, 32.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.81, 32.77, 89.04°)
OKLab	oklab(65.38% 0.0018 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(65.38% 0.079 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.6634, 27.9116, 12.7853)
Luminance	0.2791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48E56 #566CA4

analogous

#A46756 #A48E56 #93A456

triadic

#A48E56 #56A48E #8E56A4

tetradic

#A48E56 #56A467 #566CA4 #A45693

square

#A48E56 #56A467 #566CA4 #A45693

split-complementary

#A48E56 #5693A4 #6756A4

monochromatic

#54482C #7C6B41 #A48E56 #BBA97D #D0C4A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#A48E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#A48E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48E56

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48E56	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8D52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF8580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 142, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.079 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ae86',
    500: '#a48e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48e56;
$custom-light: #c1ae86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.077,
    "s": 31.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65379,
    "c": 0.07921,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48E56

secondary

#99A3BD

accent

#7DC760

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4EF

border

#D1CECA

text

#12100B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48E56

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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